Most Android fans dream of an Android 2.2 upgrade, but Nexus One users have been enjoying it for almost a solid month. Google released several FroYo versions starting with build FRF50, which was followed by FRF72, and now we have the latest build of FRF83.

A new over the air update began hitting Nexus One phones tonight and it appears to deliver the official version of Android 2.2, which corresponds with today’s release of the source code. Users can manually download the OTA from Google HERE and install it, but that file only works for users currently on build FRF50.

The best way to upgrade your Nexus One to the latest firmware build is to just check for it. Browse to Settings > About phone > System updates and you should receive a notification to download the update.

I was currently running FRF72 on my Nexus One and about to waste a lot of time downgrading to FRF50 (so I could jump to FRF83), but I received the update as I was typing this post. The update was very minor (644 kb) and installed in several minutes. Nothing appears different from the last build, but I’ll spend some more time with it and report my findings tomorrow.

If you have a Nexus One, please let us know if you received the update (FRF83) and which carrier the phone is operating on.

Update: Here are some more instructions for those who are asking. All these notes pertain to people running an unmodified T-Mobile stock version of Android. No stock update is available for AT&T models at this time. If you have a custom ROM loaded, then refer to developer of that ROM.

If your build number is ERExx, then you still have Android 2.1. The instructions to get to FRF50 are here.

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Im on rogers in Canada, but i dont believe the update is from rogers, it is straight from the google servers. this means once they have the update for your n1′s build, you will receive it. My build is EPE54B.

This is correct. I don’t believe there is an update for the EPE54B build yet, which means that all N1 owners on AT&T, Rogers, Telus and Bell are still waiting for the update, which will come from Google and not through the carrier.

I just manually update my android 2.2 from frf72 to frf83.. it seems like the only difference from frf72 is the calendar.. the speed in browsing is more fatster… by the way some movie is no longer with this new os.. ere27 has more compatible video files than this new os.. I hope that they can fix this.. 12 of my movies..now only 4 is working.. by the way my location is in philippines.. if can’t wait for ota like me.. then just follow the instructions in this forum… enjoy..

I am also from the philippines do you think we will alson get the froyo ota update if google start to roll it out. One thing more how can i prevent the automatic connection to my gprs or 3g when ever i updated my news and weather. I was charged by smart even i only use my wifi and my n1 is in airport mode.kindly e mail me of the procedure pls Kabayan.

I hate to be this guy and all and i understand this is a chat forum but sometimes you just need to read or pay attention to what youre reading before you post questions like this. The exact article that you are posting to has answered yo9ur question

Update: Here are some more instructions for those who are asking. All these notes pertain to people running an unmodified T-Mobile stock version of Android. No stock update is available for AT&T models at this time. If you have a custom ROM loaded, then refer to developer of that ROM.

Taylor, some background info on your N1 would help. If yours is one of the N1′s to receive the FRF50 updates OTA direct from Google like the other bloggers/press, and also got an OTA for FRF72 in the same fashion, that would explain why you got the FRF83 OTA as well and others aren’t seeing any update. However, if you’re using a retail N1 and manually applied FRF50 & FRF72, that’s a whole different story and says that FRF83 is indeed final Gold Master and is rolling out OTA to retail units.

Seriously, this is confusing. I am guessing this latest update was for those who manually updated their stock Nexus One to a leaked build. But those who stayed away from any leaked builds and stayed with the current build that came with their Nexus One have to wait till the OTA update straight from Google.

I’ve been running various 2.2 ROMs on my Moto Droid for a while now, and I gotta say that its been a buggy ride at times, especially with the apps to sd stuff. And, there’s a few “features” in there that need to be stripped.

I’m hoping the release of the real source will help expedite the process for our ROM devs to make really outstanding custom builds.

There’s some pretty solid ROMs out already, namely from Chevy and Jrummy, but I get a feeling life for my droid is about to get a little better! :D

Dude shut up no one in this post cares about your droid running hacked 2.2.of course its buggy.look at the garbage phone your using it on.just revert to stock and wait like 1 more year to get the official 2.2.

Also N1 running FRF50 from SMV Hong Kong. Just did a check-in and phone still reporting “System currently up to date” – but I won’t mind waiting for a couple more days if this really is the final build.

One thing that i have noticed with the new build is that my MANAGE APPLICATIONS does not hang anymore as it did with FRF50. The installed applications list would suggest that its loading back basically freezes, until i have to exit out and come back into it. Now with FRF83 the applications load without any fuss.

Mkrmec I agree 100% but wothout complaining I am still checking! Does anyone know if color trackball is available from final build now please post if you have information on that matter.
Thank you
Loyal Nexus user

TMobile N1 w/ AT&T SIM running FRF50. No update available yet. I’ll wait a day or so to see how the OTA update works. But my patience doesn’t last much more than that and I’ll be installing the update manually.

thanks for taking the mystery out of it. update went smoothly. the swarming “X” graphic took about 2 minutes at first boot. the phone turns on and behaves and looks the same way it did before the update (though showing build 83 in about phone). Suppose that’s all I could hope for this late at night.
really hoping this fixes the battery draining issues that seemed to creep up in fr72.

You need to get your ass over to the market and get “blink” you don’t have you do a complete messaging replacement like chomp or handcent.just gives you the options and makes it happen the way it should be.

Nothing here — I am currently on business in Belgium though. Does the carrier have anything to do with the update? If so, then…LAME! I run my phone on the Docomo network in Japan, I guess I may have to do the manual install.

FRF72 to FRF83 update didn’t work for me. Locked me in an endless boot animation restart circle. Reflashed clockwork recovery and nandroid restored to FRF72 until CM6 comes out. I can’t see 644KB of stuff making life altering changes to the device that can’t wait a week or two or three.

umm, article is incomplete- AT&T stock users are at EPE54B (android 2.1). So it seems the OTA updates are only for T-Mobile Nexus One users. Similarly, the manual upgrade steps won’t work unless you are starting from a T-Mobile build.

Just updated from FRF72 to FRF83 using signed-passion-FRF83-from-FRF72.684bd56a.zip

One fix that I see is I can again see apps in the Market that were broken when I went to Froyo. Something about how these apps are signed or encrypted, or something. An example app is LogMeIn Ignition Beta now comes up.

Still on the FRF50. Wondering if any of you guys who updated to this before had the colour trackball settings in the “DISPLAY” menu. I heard some did and some didn’t. I for one didn’t and have been waiting like most of you for the FRF83 Final release to show up OTA. I also see that if you upgrade from FRF50 to FRF83 manually the file is like 1.78MB ZIP correct? Already downloaded but still weary to see if Google will OTA it like they did with 2.1 update1.
Hope it arrives by this weekend. Want to show it running at the NHL Entry Draft in L.A. Woohoo!!!
Good luck to all who are waiting patiently for this OTA!

I’m on ERE27 here in Malaysia…no OTA update yet…wonder if its ever really gonna come. Btw, didn’t really see this mentioned but, do you lose all installed applications, settings and data when you flash to 2.2? Or can you ‘re-sync’ the previously install apps from AppBrain. Seriously considering manual update if Google doesn’t purge the OTA for the build.

The colors will actually depend on the applications…
i use handcent sms and i can customize the trackball colors… you can even set the colors for each contact…
the stock facebook application uses blue…

got my 83 thanks to the android community. Whoever posted that link to go from 72 to 83 that’s what’s up good looking out. Probably would still be waiting on tmob. Now my nexus one is ready the shit and super fast like a new phone

Froyo has been pretty awesome for me, and FRF83 seems to resolve most of the ‘hitching’ issues in scrolling long lists etc., that FRF72 had but FRF50 didn’t. It felt like there was heavy GC going on in the background in 72, and it was affecting performance.

It keeps the super-speedy rendering in the browser that was added between 50 and 72. The improvement here, especially if you’re coming from Eclair, is astonishing.

Something I’ve had to *redo* on my handset between 50 and 72, and then after the jump from 72 to 83, is reconfigure the install location for apps, to *default* to always install to SD. This setting also happily ensures that all apps where the developer hasn’t yet updated to allow install to SD, will install there anyway. Of course, it doesn’t allow you to move apps where the developer has specifically *blocked* moving to SD, but really there’s very few of those. Honestly it’s a shame they haven’t made this setting easier to access (it requires connecting a USB cable and issuing a command using adb), but hopefully all apps will be updated soon enough for this to be a non-issue.

This (on top of the major speed improvements) finally makes my N1 feel like the phone it *ought* to be, and the device I wanted when I bought it. Seriously, 196MB in /data that was supposed to be shared between apps and application data? That was a major source of frustration. Fixed now!

There is no way this is the final version of Froyo. Think about it for a second, why would you need to install a leaked version of a beta, if you’re running Android 2.1, just to go to the final?

If it’s truly the final, the final will be received via an OTA update even if you’re running Android 2.1. Also the final update, even if you downloaded from the web, wouldn’t require you to install FRF50 as a pre-requisitie.

FRF50 and FRF72 were definitely press only releases, and I’m sure Google would note require you to use a press only release to get your phone to the final.

Im in Chicago and my friend just received his OTA but I havent. We’re both on tmo. My N1 was rooted using custom rom but now im on FRF 72 Froyo. I dont think I can receive the OTA. The files that are posted for manual update will not work for rooted phones.

I’ve read about that damned iphone4 and its reception problem, and seen the you tube video. Only the true followers can see the good in the iphone. Just another reason to jump ship and become a droid head

I’m getting pretty anxious waiting for some kind of update I thought maybe us who bought the att n1 would see something. being the fact I could have got an iPhone instead. Well hope to see something soon ota.

Having issues with the Market on FRF83. Protected apps are now showing, but I can’t actually download them. I’m getting a ton of ‘Download unsuccessful’ messages. So far I’ve only been able to install one random app. Anyone else seeing this?

I had the same problem, where the update to 83 completely screwed my phone. It for some reason no longer received a cell signal, and had to flash to the stock shipping rom as well. I eventually got it fixed, but now I am still stuck back with the original 2.1 shipping ROM without multi-touch. I’m nervous to even try and update manually to anything, but it won’t allow me to receive an OTA just for the 2.1 update-1 that I thought was supposed to happen.

I just installed FRF83 Manually (because my phone is rooted) and It fixed the problem I had in regards to the market not showing all the apps. I finally got back Paypal and my purchased Tetris Game :D I LOVE MY NEXUS ONE AND ANDROID OS !!!

in New Zealand got my nexus from some dude who’s brother sent it over from US – just unpacking 83 and waiting for the reboot. have been using 7 for a few days. like a brand new phone! fast and responsive. so close to the solid experience of my partners iphone. but multitasking like crazy. emails , txt web browsing on 3g all while listening to music . never skipped a beat. Chomp SMS finally fast enough to be a great app. so happy! After being a loyal Palm boy for years. i have been nervous moving to android but it now is fulling its promise.

Manual Update on un-rooted T-Mo N1 from FRF72 to FRF83 worked fine..scared the crap out of me when it was on load up screen for 10 min after reboot, but everything seems good and I can already notice a performance boost from FRF72. Had to reinstall swype same as last update but it works again. Thanks!

Wow, after a few hours of trying, I finally got FRF83 installed from FRF72. I was having problems with my computer. Had to download the update from android and me and then rename it update.zip using androzip which I downloaded from the market. It was easier this way than using my laptop. I should have been using androzip all along.

Guys, I’m living in Singapore and my current build number is ERE27 (outdated!). Do I manually download it here or should I wait for the OTA update cause’ I don’t think Singapore is gonna get it for a long time. *sigh*

Any guys out there (Non rooted) who manually installed FRF50 when it was leaked get the OTA update yet? Hear about so many FRF72 guys having problems. And if you did get the update OTA to go from FRF50 to FRF83 how large is the file?
Hear so many different stories about how large this OTA suppose to be.
The current link for FRF50 to FRF83 is like 1.78MB in a zip file. Is this correct or is it larger? I’ve read some people say it’s over 50MB in size. But is that file for people still on 2.1 instead of 2.2 FRF50?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

I manually updated my Nexus one for Tmobile from frf72 to frf83.. my internet is ALOT slower , and the navigation is rougher than the frf72.. but yet…. still no OTA… did “checkin” to the google servers but still waiting on the update…

I manually update to frf50 then to frf72, now to frf83, and I’m wondering if there is anything in the official OTA that is not in the manual updates (doubt I’ll get the OTA notification since I’m on frf83 already). Anyone know?

Specifically, aren’t there any options for changing the colors/layout for hte stock sms messaging app? kinda lame now that it’s shown in white/light-grey.

Also, my wifi seems to randomly stop working after the screen times-out… checked wifi settings and I can’t find anything related to that.

Lastly, I have no options to move any of my apps to the sd card, either manually, or an auto-setting… ideas? or am i just blind and missing where the setting is.

I’m not being negative here, but Google has yet to announce the release of Android 2.2 for the Nexus One. With that I will wait till they officially announce it and not an Android site making a jump saying that it is official just because they released the source code and “another” update appeared on a few developer phones.

I see no real reason to update again till Google makes the Official Android 2.2 announcement.

I manually installed FRF50 just to manually update to FRF83… I’m loving it! I love lots of small changes coming from eclair! toggling volume all the way down goes straight to vibrate instead of completely silent (that irritated me to no end on eclair). Noticeable speed boosts in overall performance and browser speed. Flash is freakin sweet! The new universal search is nice, they finally got that right. The new camera features are nice and handy on screen, including zoom and effects.

Carhome is easier and more likely to be USEFUL in the car lol. I’m definitely one of the people that will use cut and paste in Gmail A LOT. They finally fixed some things in contacts as well. Before, when I merged contacts from different sources, the system picked a name from random, I could never pick the name to display for my friends, now it works like I want. Oh! and there’s some changes to the stock messaging and gtalk apps too. Now they have white backgrounds. I like how stock messaging now shows both people’s profile pics in the convo for quick links to contact options, nice. I actually ditched handcent because it kept deleting my messages. Now I use the stock messaging app with sms popup. pretty nice combo. I need to get a text from a friend to see how my colored trackball notification works (thanks to whoever mentioned the app “blink” for setting trackball colors)

the only things that I find problems with come from app2sd and launcherpro. If I have an app shortcut on the homescreen THEN save that app to sdcard, the shortcut icon won’t display properly. I’m using LauncherPro as a homescreen replacement and the app drawer won’t display a bunch of my protected apps :-( a solution to the problem I found is to longpress on the homescreen and select a shortcut that way, its the only way to show all of my apps. The app drawer shows fine on the stock launcher tho.

anyway, I’m about to play around with this my (re)new(ed) toy and see how I like the new additions!

Is anyone having issues with there N1 SD card after the initial release of 2.2 at Google I/O?

The device will stop reading the card and i have to restart the device almost everyday now. Ill be trying a new memory card. I just find it hard to believe never had any issues with my SD up until this update.

I have the same problem with a kingston 16 GB card. I am on FRF83 now, but ever since being on FRF72 I started having problems. If the phone went to sleep mode while accessing the card it would not wake up and I would have to remove the battery and restart. Like if I am looking at my pictures and then put the phone down for a few minutes, when I came back to it, the screen was black and it would not come back on. I have since switched back to the stock 4GB card and have no problems. Assuming it was the card.

I followed the instructions on this page, manually updated my N1 first to FRF50 and then subsequently to FRF83, all goes fine. Thanks for putting up the information, I definitely recommend to update to FRF83, you have the stability from all the recent bug fixes, the fast performance thanks to the new JIT in 2.2, tethering and the ability to make your phone to serve as a WiFi hotspot, and for the flash fans the flash support in the browser.

If ever FRF85 or higher comes, we can always do the update again, manually or wait for the OTA for the patient ones.

Guaranteed working! I successfully upgraded from Eclair (ERExx) to FRF83. The only thing I experienced was that it took so long for the last step to appear. My messages setting was partly affected, but the others remained intact.

I got nexus one from Google directly whichch was delivered to UK and I brought it to Sri Lanka and put my existing SIM. So I don’t have a carrier who is aware I’m using a nexus one. In this case will I get the OTA?

Ive got a N1 on t-mobile.
Manually updated to FRF50, then manually to FRF72, Checked the system>update and found no update. Tried the *#*#2432546#*#* thing in the phone dial and it worked like a charm.
I’m now running FRF91

Got the update today.
Running frf91
They r updating via internet. No carrier involment. I just kept my data connection open
Multi touch working in Google maps and on galery. Havent check other apps yet
Key board response is slow some times

I received the update automatically yesterday September 28,2010 and I have T-Mobile. =) I have a brand new mytouch slide still in the box I thought I wanted a physical keyboard, but I love froyo and I’m not big on down grading. I love my Nexus One. =)

Im on rogers in Canada, but i dont believe the update is from rogers, it is straight from the google servers. this means once they have the update for your n1′s build, you will receive it. My build is EPE54B.

This is correct. I don’t believe there is an update for the EPE54B build yet, which means that all N1 owners on AT&T, Rogers, Telus and Bell are still waiting for the update, which will come from Google and not through the carrier.

I just manually update my android 2.2 from frf72 to frf83.. it seems like the only difference from frf72 is the calendar.. the speed in browsing is more fatster… by the way some movie is no longer with this new os.. ere27 has more compatible video files than this new os.. I hope that they can fix this.. 12 of my movies..now only 4 is working.. by the way my location is in philippines.. if can’t wait for ota like me.. then just follow the instructions in this forum… enjoy..

I am also from the philippines do you think we will alson get the froyo ota update if google start to roll it out. One thing more how can i prevent the automatic connection to my gprs or 3g when ever i updated my news and weather. I was charged by smart even i only use my wifi and my n1 is in airport mode.kindly e mail me of the procedure pls Kabayan.

I hate to be this guy and all and i understand this is a chat forum but sometimes you just need to read or pay attention to what youre reading before you post questions like this. The exact article that you are posting to has answered yo9ur question

Update: Here are some more instructions for those who are asking. All these notes pertain to people running an unmodified T-Mobile stock version of Android. No stock update is available for AT&T models at this time. If you have a custom ROM loaded, then refer to developer of that ROM.

Taylor, some background info on your N1 would help. If yours is one of the N1′s to receive the FRF50 updates OTA direct from Google like the other bloggers/press, and also got an OTA for FRF72 in the same fashion, that would explain why you got the FRF83 OTA as well and others aren’t seeing any update. However, if you’re using a retail N1 and manually applied FRF50 & FRF72, that’s a whole different story and says that FRF83 is indeed final Gold Master and is rolling out OTA to retail units.

Seriously, this is confusing. I am guessing this latest update was for those who manually updated their stock Nexus One to a leaked build. But those who stayed away from any leaked builds and stayed with the current build that came with their Nexus One have to wait till the OTA update straight from Google.

I’ve been running various 2.2 ROMs on my Moto Droid for a while now, and I gotta say that its been a buggy ride at times, especially with the apps to sd stuff. And, there’s a few “features” in there that need to be stripped.

I’m hoping the release of the real source will help expedite the process for our ROM devs to make really outstanding custom builds.

There’s some pretty solid ROMs out already, namely from Chevy and Jrummy, but I get a feeling life for my droid is about to get a little better! :D

Dude shut up no one in this post cares about your droid running hacked 2.2.of course its buggy.look at the garbage phone your using it on.just revert to stock and wait like 1 more year to get the official 2.2.

Also N1 running FRF50 from SMV Hong Kong. Just did a check-in and phone still reporting “System currently up to date” – but I won’t mind waiting for a couple more days if this really is the final build.

One thing that i have noticed with the new build is that my MANAGE APPLICATIONS does not hang anymore as it did with FRF50. The installed applications list would suggest that its loading back basically freezes, until i have to exit out and come back into it. Now with FRF83 the applications load without any fuss.

Mkrmec I agree 100% but wothout complaining I am still checking! Does anyone know if color trackball is available from final build now please post if you have information on that matter.
Thank you
Loyal Nexus user

TMobile N1 w/ AT&T SIM running FRF50. No update available yet. I’ll wait a day or so to see how the OTA update works. But my patience doesn’t last much more than that and I’ll be installing the update manually.

thanks for taking the mystery out of it. update went smoothly. the swarming “X” graphic took about 2 minutes at first boot. the phone turns on and behaves and looks the same way it did before the update (though showing build 83 in about phone). Suppose that’s all I could hope for this late at night.
really hoping this fixes the battery draining issues that seemed to creep up in fr72.

You need to get your ass over to the market and get “blink” you don’t have you do a complete messaging replacement like chomp or handcent.just gives you the options and makes it happen the way it should be.

Nothing here — I am currently on business in Belgium though. Does the carrier have anything to do with the update? If so, then…LAME! I run my phone on the Docomo network in Japan, I guess I may have to do the manual install.

FRF72 to FRF83 update didn’t work for me. Locked me in an endless boot animation restart circle. Reflashed clockwork recovery and nandroid restored to FRF72 until CM6 comes out. I can’t see 644KB of stuff making life altering changes to the device that can’t wait a week or two or three.

umm, article is incomplete- AT&T stock users are at EPE54B (android 2.1). So it seems the OTA updates are only for T-Mobile Nexus One users. Similarly, the manual upgrade steps won’t work unless you are starting from a T-Mobile build.

Just updated from FRF72 to FRF83 using signed-passion-FRF83-from-FRF72.684bd56a.zip

One fix that I see is I can again see apps in the Market that were broken when I went to Froyo. Something about how these apps are signed or encrypted, or something. An example app is LogMeIn Ignition Beta now comes up.

Still on the FRF50. Wondering if any of you guys who updated to this before had the colour trackball settings in the “DISPLAY” menu. I heard some did and some didn’t. I for one didn’t and have been waiting like most of you for the FRF83 Final release to show up OTA. I also see that if you upgrade from FRF50 to FRF83 manually the file is like 1.78MB ZIP correct? Already downloaded but still weary to see if Google will OTA it like they did with 2.1 update1.
Hope it arrives by this weekend. Want to show it running at the NHL Entry Draft in L.A. Woohoo!!!
Good luck to all who are waiting patiently for this OTA!

I’m on ERE27 here in Malaysia…no OTA update yet…wonder if its ever really gonna come. Btw, didn’t really see this mentioned but, do you lose all installed applications, settings and data when you flash to 2.2? Or can you ‘re-sync’ the previously install apps from AppBrain. Seriously considering manual update if Google doesn’t purge the OTA for the build.

The colors will actually depend on the applications…
i use handcent sms and i can customize the trackball colors… you can even set the colors for each contact…
the stock facebook application uses blue…

got my 83 thanks to the android community. Whoever posted that link to go from 72 to 83 that’s what’s up good looking out. Probably would still be waiting on tmob. Now my nexus one is ready the shit and super fast like a new phone

Froyo has been pretty awesome for me, and FRF83 seems to resolve most of the ‘hitching’ issues in scrolling long lists etc., that FRF72 had but FRF50 didn’t. It felt like there was heavy GC going on in the background in 72, and it was affecting performance.

It keeps the super-speedy rendering in the browser that was added between 50 and 72. The improvement here, especially if you’re coming from Eclair, is astonishing.

Something I’ve had to *redo* on my handset between 50 and 72, and then after the jump from 72 to 83, is reconfigure the install location for apps, to *default* to always install to SD. This setting also happily ensures that all apps where the developer hasn’t yet updated to allow install to SD, will install there anyway. Of course, it doesn’t allow you to move apps where the developer has specifically *blocked* moving to SD, but really there’s very few of those. Honestly it’s a shame they haven’t made this setting easier to access (it requires connecting a USB cable and issuing a command using adb), but hopefully all apps will be updated soon enough for this to be a non-issue.

This (on top of the major speed improvements) finally makes my N1 feel like the phone it *ought* to be, and the device I wanted when I bought it. Seriously, 196MB in /data that was supposed to be shared between apps and application data? That was a major source of frustration. Fixed now!

There is no way this is the final version of Froyo. Think about it for a second, why would you need to install a leaked version of a beta, if you’re running Android 2.1, just to go to the final?

If it’s truly the final, the final will be received via an OTA update even if you’re running Android 2.1. Also the final update, even if you downloaded from the web, wouldn’t require you to install FRF50 as a pre-requisitie.

FRF50 and FRF72 were definitely press only releases, and I’m sure Google would note require you to use a press only release to get your phone to the final.

Im in Chicago and my friend just received his OTA but I havent. We’re both on tmo. My N1 was rooted using custom rom but now im on FRF 72 Froyo. I dont think I can receive the OTA. The files that are posted for manual update will not work for rooted phones.

I’ve read about that damned iphone4 and its reception problem, and seen the you tube video. Only the true followers can see the good in the iphone. Just another reason to jump ship and become a droid head

I’m getting pretty anxious waiting for some kind of update I thought maybe us who bought the att n1 would see something. being the fact I could have got an iPhone instead. Well hope to see something soon ota.

Having issues with the Market on FRF83. Protected apps are now showing, but I can’t actually download them. I’m getting a ton of ‘Download unsuccessful’ messages. So far I’ve only been able to install one random app. Anyone else seeing this?

I had the same problem, where the update to 83 completely screwed my phone. It for some reason no longer received a cell signal, and had to flash to the stock shipping rom as well. I eventually got it fixed, but now I am still stuck back with the original 2.1 shipping ROM without multi-touch. I’m nervous to even try and update manually to anything, but it won’t allow me to receive an OTA just for the 2.1 update-1 that I thought was supposed to happen.

I just installed FRF83 Manually (because my phone is rooted) and It fixed the problem I had in regards to the market not showing all the apps. I finally got back Paypal and my purchased Tetris Game :D I LOVE MY NEXUS ONE AND ANDROID OS !!!

in New Zealand got my nexus from some dude who’s brother sent it over from US – just unpacking 83 and waiting for the reboot. have been using 7 for a few days. like a brand new phone! fast and responsive. so close to the solid experience of my partners iphone. but multitasking like crazy. emails , txt web browsing on 3g all while listening to music . never skipped a beat. Chomp SMS finally fast enough to be a great app. so happy! After being a loyal Palm boy for years. i have been nervous moving to android but it now is fulling its promise.

Manual Update on un-rooted T-Mo N1 from FRF72 to FRF83 worked fine..scared the crap out of me when it was on load up screen for 10 min after reboot, but everything seems good and I can already notice a performance boost from FRF72. Had to reinstall swype same as last update but it works again. Thanks!

Wow, after a few hours of trying, I finally got FRF83 installed from FRF72. I was having problems with my computer. Had to download the update from android and me and then rename it update.zip using androzip which I downloaded from the market. It was easier this way than using my laptop. I should have been using androzip all along.

Guys, I’m living in Singapore and my current build number is ERE27 (outdated!). Do I manually download it here or should I wait for the OTA update cause’ I don’t think Singapore is gonna get it for a long time. *sigh*

Any guys out there (Non rooted) who manually installed FRF50 when it was leaked get the OTA update yet? Hear about so many FRF72 guys having problems. And if you did get the update OTA to go from FRF50 to FRF83 how large is the file?
Hear so many different stories about how large this OTA suppose to be.
The current link for FRF50 to FRF83 is like 1.78MB in a zip file. Is this correct or is it larger? I’ve read some people say it’s over 50MB in size. But is that file for people still on 2.1 instead of 2.2 FRF50?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

I manually updated my Nexus one for Tmobile from frf72 to frf83.. my internet is ALOT slower , and the navigation is rougher than the frf72.. but yet…. still no OTA… did “checkin” to the google servers but still waiting on the update…

I manually update to frf50 then to frf72, now to frf83, and I’m wondering if there is anything in the official OTA that is not in the manual updates (doubt I’ll get the OTA notification since I’m on frf83 already). Anyone know?

Specifically, aren’t there any options for changing the colors/layout for hte stock sms messaging app? kinda lame now that it’s shown in white/light-grey.

Also, my wifi seems to randomly stop working after the screen times-out… checked wifi settings and I can’t find anything related to that.

Lastly, I have no options to move any of my apps to the sd card, either manually, or an auto-setting… ideas? or am i just blind and missing where the setting is.

I’m not being negative here, but Google has yet to announce the release of Android 2.2 for the Nexus One. With that I will wait till they officially announce it and not an Android site making a jump saying that it is official just because they released the source code and “another” update appeared on a few developer phones.

I see no real reason to update again till Google makes the Official Android 2.2 announcement.

I manually installed FRF50 just to manually update to FRF83… I’m loving it! I love lots of small changes coming from eclair! toggling volume all the way down goes straight to vibrate instead of completely silent (that irritated me to no end on eclair). Noticeable speed boosts in overall performance and browser speed. Flash is freakin sweet! The new universal search is nice, they finally got that right. The new camera features are nice and handy on screen, including zoom and effects.

Carhome is easier and more likely to be USEFUL in the car lol. I’m definitely one of the people that will use cut and paste in Gmail A LOT. They finally fixed some things in contacts as well. Before, when I merged contacts from different sources, the system picked a name from random, I could never pick the name to display for my friends, now it works like I want. Oh! and there’s some changes to the stock messaging and gtalk apps too. Now they have white backgrounds. I like how stock messaging now shows both people’s profile pics in the convo for quick links to contact options, nice. I actually ditched handcent because it kept deleting my messages. Now I use the stock messaging app with sms popup. pretty nice combo. I need to get a text from a friend to see how my colored trackball notification works (thanks to whoever mentioned the app “blink” for setting trackball colors)

the only things that I find problems with come from app2sd and launcherpro. If I have an app shortcut on the homescreen THEN save that app to sdcard, the shortcut icon won’t display properly. I’m using LauncherPro as a homescreen replacement and the app drawer won’t display a bunch of my protected apps :-( a solution to the problem I found is to longpress on the homescreen and select a shortcut that way, its the only way to show all of my apps. The app drawer shows fine on the stock launcher tho.

anyway, I’m about to play around with this my (re)new(ed) toy and see how I like the new additions!

Is anyone having issues with there N1 SD card after the initial release of 2.2 at Google I/O?

The device will stop reading the card and i have to restart the device almost everyday now. Ill be trying a new memory card. I just find it hard to believe never had any issues with my SD up until this update.

I have the same problem with a kingston 16 GB card. I am on FRF83 now, but ever since being on FRF72 I started having problems. If the phone went to sleep mode while accessing the card it would not wake up and I would have to remove the battery and restart. Like if I am looking at my pictures and then put the phone down for a few minutes, when I came back to it, the screen was black and it would not come back on. I have since switched back to the stock 4GB card and have no problems. Assuming it was the card.

I followed the instructions on this page, manually updated my N1 first to FRF50 and then subsequently to FRF83, all goes fine. Thanks for putting up the information, I definitely recommend to update to FRF83, you have the stability from all the recent bug fixes, the fast performance thanks to the new JIT in 2.2, tethering and the ability to make your phone to serve as a WiFi hotspot, and for the flash fans the flash support in the browser.

If ever FRF85 or higher comes, we can always do the update again, manually or wait for the OTA for the patient ones.

Guaranteed working! I successfully upgraded from Eclair (ERExx) to FRF83. The only thing I experienced was that it took so long for the last step to appear. My messages setting was partly affected, but the others remained intact.

I got nexus one from Google directly whichch was delivered to UK and I brought it to Sri Lanka and put my existing SIM. So I don’t have a carrier who is aware I’m using a nexus one. In this case will I get the OTA?

Ive got a N1 on t-mobile.
Manually updated to FRF50, then manually to FRF72, Checked the system>update and found no update. Tried the *#*#2432546#*#* thing in the phone dial and it worked like a charm.
I’m now running FRF91

Got the update today.
Running frf91
They r updating via internet. No carrier involment. I just kept my data connection open
Multi touch working in Google maps and on galery. Havent check other apps yet
Key board response is slow some times

I received the update automatically yesterday September 28,2010 and I have T-Mobile. =) I have a brand new mytouch slide still in the box I thought I wanted a physical keyboard, but I love froyo and I’m not big on down grading. I love my Nexus One. =)